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Post by Jazz on Apr 15, 2009 20:42:13 GMT
Some of us have a room that we would love to have. One of my fantasy rooms is my greenhouse-bedroom. For this to happen, I would need to transport my home to the country, with lush vegetation, a few hundred metres from the sea and for complete privacy, my house would be on two acres of land. My bedroom would be on the top floor with a clear view of the sea. Somewhat like this, The ceiling/roof would be glass as well so that I could lie in bed and watch the night sky and rainstorms. In winter, there would be snow falling. At the far end (facing the rest of the room and the sea) would be my bed. Its 'headboard' would be the only non-glass wall...a vertical garden, On the long wall to the right of the bed would be my freestanding bathtub, In the left corner (closest to the sea) is my fireplace, set in diagonally across the corner, with two comfy armchairs and a small sofa...with a clear view. The hardwood floors will be golden oak, which will look like liquid honey in the sunlight and persian rugs in rich jewel tones on the floor. Of course, there will be a volunteer workman who comes to clean all of the glass and clear the ceiling/roof of snow. Do you have a fantasy room?
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Post by voy on Apr 15, 2009 21:06:18 GMT
wow.
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Post by gyro on Apr 15, 2009 23:13:58 GMT
I think you must be off your tits on something, Jazz, and it's certainly herb based ...
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 16, 2009 2:24:18 GMT
Why would you say that? I thought everyone dreamed of the ideal setting for life, and it's nifty to see someone illustrate that dream.
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Post by pookie on Apr 16, 2009 2:59:15 GMT
I'll take the fireplace .Love it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 16, 2009 4:07:22 GMT
The fireplace is beautiful, but that second bathtub ...........
*sigh*
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Post by spindrift on Apr 16, 2009 8:02:10 GMT
The second bathtub and the fireplace are for me! I love the conservatory too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2009 12:58:01 GMT
The rugs send me. A thirty year battle with SO over rugs in the house...some other time. I love your dream house J.,all of it. Where's the library? See you there for tea. We share the concept of "mood" rooms.
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Post by happytraveller on Apr 16, 2009 13:15:02 GMT
That is very very nice and I do love the fire place most too !
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 17, 2009 18:58:40 GMT
love it! although I wouldn't want my room in a "conservatory" type building.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2009 20:06:26 GMT
I couldn't live under glass myself, or with a zillion plants (I wouldn't want to take care of that many or I wouldn't want to have the staff needed to do so.).
My dream house would be in the tropics, with no glass in the windows but with shutters to keep out the elements when necessary. I would not want to live in any fantasy location that requires a fireplace.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 17, 2009 21:04:04 GMT
I have many dream rooms, or houses, this is just one of them. They are in different parts of the world with concepts unique to the areas. My friends often ask me to help them with their renovation ideas and I enjoy this. I wish that I could somehow turn this into a career, but it seems to be complicated. There is a software programme that I don't know the name of...ie: a designer works with a client on a computer, with a sketch or photo of the room. With a click, you change the colors of the walls, or, move the french doors from one wall to another etc. This visual is great and very stimulating. Most people do not have a strong visual sense if the project is only described in words. Does anyone know of this programme?
Casimira, my rooms do have a distinct mood. I think it's very important to relax a friend, or a client enough so that they will honestly talk about how they like to live in/or use a room. I notice that people are very insecure about their own ideas and are almost browbeaten into submission by professional interior designers as to what they should have...often directly linked to the 'taste' of the day. Beauty does not equal amount of money spent. Distinctive rooms can be created easily with little money. ie. fresh paint in a lovely colour, plants, a unique piece of furniture, one glorious window, one beautiful painting or simply a sheet of handmade japanese paper. (which can also be a matte for one of your own photos) Without fail, I notice that most people are oblivious to the beauty of certain elements that they already have....often, they simply need to be enhanced.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 17, 2009 22:21:10 GMT
I love the colours, spaces, carpets and plants in your fantasy, but I don't want or need so much space. But I do often dream about flats, I mean dreaming while asleep, and often I come upon a hidden room. Most definitely NOT in the country - my fantasies are utterly urban, but the fantasy eliminates pollution and obnoxious neighbours. And the métro and trams, of course, travel seamlessly between continents.
There would certainly not be any snow, but not tropical either; more a Mediterranean climate which can get a bit nippy at times.
Oh, and I'd like a hoist for my bicycle, to bring it up to the balcony and lower it back down when I need it. And as there is no snow, that would be most days of the year.
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Post by voy on Apr 18, 2009 2:09:07 GMT
I wouldn't want to live there - but remember a friend's house in Madang in New Guinea. He had designed and built it. basic rectangle very open plan interior - but every wall - interior and exterior was totally louvres - where it was windows - clear ones, and where "wall" solid color ones - interior ones all "solid" . inside the exterior walls was an inner "lining" of screening. and there were curtains in the bedrooms. then at night - or even during the day you could totally open the whole house to the breeze. The only problem was that the only place you could hang anything on the wall was the really solid wall of the bathroom..
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Post by spindrift on Apr 18, 2009 15:52:58 GMT
Oh Voy! that house in New Guinea sounds just too wonderful
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Post by auntieannie on Apr 18, 2009 20:03:05 GMT
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Post by BigIain on Apr 18, 2009 20:59:05 GMT
My fantasy room? Easy: Welle's kitchen!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2009 21:37:01 GMT
A simple teak house would suit me admirably.
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Post by voy on Apr 18, 2009 21:44:46 GMT
Writeon.. it was! with the ceiling fans it was the only place I was ever really comfortable down on the coast. K -is that in India or Thailand or where? have you ever been to the "museum" between Madras and Pondi - that has houses from all over India? fascinating
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2009 21:52:58 GMT
That is a Thai house.
No, I haven't been to that place in India.
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Post by rikita on Apr 19, 2009 21:42:01 GMT
i like the plants and all. i always wanted a place with a wintergarden. when i was a kid i loved to go into my parents greenhouse, either in spring when it was still kind of cold out but already warm in the greenhouse and smelled of earth and the various plants growing there, or in summer when it was really hot in there and i could imagine i am in the tropics. my mom's colleague had a kind of wintergarden with trees in there that won't usually grow in our climate, and i always envied her for that.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 19, 2009 21:58:31 GMT
K's picture of the teak house is similar to the one I stayed at in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was very special.
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 20, 2009 1:38:53 GMT
I'm moving into a new place on 30th April. Cement downstairs, wood upstairs. Could be teak but it's painted. I think it's going to be hot upstairs. It's going to be a kind of dream house after the piece of shit I've been living in since August last year.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 20, 2009 13:03:00 GMT
Hwinpp - do post a picture of your new place.
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Post by Jazz on Apr 20, 2009 20:27:14 GMT
You could get a ceiling fan. They are very effective (I have one in my stifling third floor) and I love them...they evoke images of earlier periods in the tropics. I dislike airconditioning. I would love to see photos of your new home.
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Post by voy on Apr 20, 2009 21:54:45 GMT
am I the only one who has ever actually sat in a room with a real oldfashioned punkah? whose motive power was a little boy with a thing like bicycle pedals? in New Guinea in the 60s.. just during dinner. but still...
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 21, 2009 1:47:10 GMT
Voy, no offence meant, but maybe we're a bit too young? Will post picks of the new place once I'm in. There are fans, not ceiling fans but wall fans, they swivel, in all the rooms. I'll also be installing an air con in each room. Not really necessary all the time but after experiencing this hot season (March- May) I think I'll want them for next year.
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Post by voy on Apr 21, 2009 3:41:43 GMT
I think for punkahs ,even I am actually quite young. It was a real anachronism even in the 60s...and in fairness it was out bush, where we didn't have any electricity. the blades were made out of woven cane and the whole thing was home made - but worked a treat!
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Post by spindrift on Apr 21, 2009 7:01:48 GMT
I've seen punkas in India.
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Post by voy on Apr 21, 2009 13:22:23 GMT
ones that still run by "human" power? or electrified ones?
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